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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Characteristics of US Government Cover-ups

By: Dr. J. P. Hubert

After studying several monumental events in US history it has become clear that those in which an organized conspiracy has taken place share many similar characteristics which do not apply to naturally occurring events, particularly in the so-called cover-up phase. For the purposes of this essay, I will briefly compare and contrast the JFK Assassination and the 911 Attacks. Readers will find numerous references that address each of these HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for example if unfamiliar with the details which are now known about these cases.

Both events markedly altered the national psyche and trajectory while each one was followed by a failure to secure the “crime scene.” In neither case was the proper legal procedure followed particularly with respect to the local laws of criminal jurisdiction, investigation, and prosecution.
In both instances, a federal commission was established which sought to bolster a pre-determined explanation rather than having as its highest priority the discovery of the truth.

In each case, the explanation provided by the government was poorly accepted a situation which has only increased rather than decreased with time.

Perhaps more disturbingly, many Americans who have taken the time and effort to study the available evidence (and who have found it to be incompatible with the interpretation provided by the government) have been ridiculed, harassed, marginalized and in some cases become the victims of sudden and otherwise unexplained trauma and even death. Various names have been invented by those who parrot the government line including, “Truther’s”, “Conspiracy Nuts” etc.

Another extremely bizarre characteristic is that in these cases, what would normally appear to be highly qualified experts with impecable credentials are unable to agree upon even the basic evidentiary facts. The 911 issue is a case in point. One example is that after almost 10 years since the destruction of the Twin Towers, there is still no agreement on whether molten steel was present for weeks in the sub-ground levels of each building's footprint. Experts on each side of the issue insist that their claims and their claims only reflect reality. Since only one option can be true, one is necessarily wrong. Either molten steel was present or it was not.

Whenever a governmentally sponsored/interpreted event has the above enumerated characteristics, it must be assumed until proven otherwise to be a psychological operation (psyop) the intent of which is to deceive on a massive scale. The latest case in point is the recent alleged killing of OBL. Absolutely nothing about the event has remained constant. Virtually everything has changed multiple times. The data simply refuse to “settle down” mostly because many of the claims are mutually exclusive that is, contradictory. In order to accept the many disparate claims one would have to repeal the law of non-contradiction.

"The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

It has become apparent in view of the fact that the United States Supreme Court has embraced the judicial theory of legal positivism that more than the executive branch now accepts that “reality itself” is not only what they make it, but subject to manipulation, given the many new technological wonders which now make it virtually impossible to determine what has actually occurred. The use by those in power of photo-shop software, 3D videos, holograms, electronically sabotaged voting machines and numerous other inventions places most people at a severe disadvantage.

We have truly entered a not so “Brave New World” in which state-sponsored propaganda proliferation is at an all-time high. It has never been easier to “brain-wash” the masses given that the captured elite media now have a 24 hour/day news cycle with which to program the populace. Only through aggressive use of the alternative media is it remotely possible to ascertain the truth. For how long that will be the case is unknown. The current trajectory however suggests that time may be shorter than we think.

Key Components of Each Moral Act

all "3" must be licit in order for the moral act to be permissible (just).

The reigning (immoral) philosophy in the so-called "developed West" is Utilitarianism in which the "ends" desired dictate the use of any "means" available in the accomplishment of a given goal i.e. "the ends justify the means." This by the way was the calculus the Nazi's embraced!

The Nature of Morality as Philosophy

Perhaps the best way to conceptualize traditional morality is to view it as a systematic way of answering questions which ask what "ought" to be done from the perspective of right and wrong. Moral philosophy assumes therefore that notions of right and wrong, good and evil are real that is; exist, both independent of the "knower" and irrespective of time and place.

Furthermore, it claims that these moral absolutes or immutable moral norms are understandable that is, knowable by rational man as part of the natural (moral) law.

From a scholastic (Aristotelian/Thomistic) perspective "ought" questions always involve "3" elements; the object rationally chosen or proximate end, also referred to as means" the intent or further end and the circumstances.

In scholastic moral philosophy what ought to be done is strongly grounded in the nature of being that is to say the "ought" is based on the "is." From a practical perspective this means that the ought is circumscribed by the immutability of human nature that is, bounded by a fixed human anthropology. The essence of our human being then is presumed to be unchanging not evolving and is not relative to time or place. The Enlightenment needless to say wrecked havoc with this principle especially the post-Enlightenment philosophy of Utilitarianism and the post-modern tendencies toward subjectivism and moral relativism.

Finally, most decisions of any consequence made by individuals or groups have at least a moral component even if they are not primarily or fundamentally moral questions. For example, questions of public policy always involve morality since they of necessity ask what "ought" to be done--from the perspective of right and wrong--whether explicit or implied. Whenever we ask what ought we to do, not simply what can we do or is it possible to do; we have entered the realm of moral philosophy.

This site attempts to analyze current events from a moral perspective utilizing scholastic, specifically; Aristotelian/Thomistic moral reasoning.

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Noteworthy Quotes

"We have never had a free press. We have deluded ourselves. In the West we now have privatized censorship. There are hundreds of examples."

--Julian Assange

"Capitol Hill is Israeli Occupied Territory."

--Patrick J. Buchanan 6/15/90

“What George Orwell wrote about in 1984 has come true. What Eisenhower warned us about concerning the ‘military-industrial complex’ has come true...War is a permanent feature of our societal landscape, so much so that no one notices it anymore.”

Why do we spend so much on war when we supposedly can’t find the money to help the unemployed?”

--Former Congressman Alan Grayson

"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

--Major General Smedley Butler

"It's time to rid the world of Nuclear Weapons"

--Desmond Tutu

"Every human being has by virtue of their humanity a claim on the right to life, shelter, sustinance, work, and medical care since they all represent "goods" the absence of which prevent the full realization of each person's humanity."

--Dr. John P. Hubert

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

--John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address

"Millions of people understand that both the Democrats and Republicans will not represent their interests in Congress."

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